Need Some Advice on Color and Style
10-15-09, 01:19 PM
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Need Some Advice on Color and Style
Hello,
I have always wanted to post some pictures of some of my C&V bikes but never have because my garage door is not up to the standards required to be used as the required backdrop.
I have been foregoing jumping on some great buys on bikes to save up for new garage doors and would appreciate any tips or advice you may have. I also posted this at garagedoorforums.net but they are all elitist snobs and only posted rude and condescending remarks and hurt my feelings.
Here are some of my possible choices. Please let me know which one would look best as a backdrop for pictures of bicycles. Thanks.
Style 1
Style 2
Style 3
I have always wanted to post some pictures of some of my C&V bikes but never have because my garage door is not up to the standards required to be used as the required backdrop.
I have been foregoing jumping on some great buys on bikes to save up for new garage doors and would appreciate any tips or advice you may have. I also posted this at garagedoorforums.net but they are all elitist snobs and only posted rude and condescending remarks and hurt my feelings.
Here are some of my possible choices. Please let me know which one would look best as a backdrop for pictures of bicycles. Thanks.
Style 1
Style 2
Style 3
10-15-09, 01:35 PM
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I like the simple charm of style 3.
On a similar note, I don't have a garage, but have been recently(3 years ago) been given a set of garage doors to install in my barn. Unfortunately I don't have the gumption to install them any time soon. Would it be appropriate to set them up against a tree or some old posts just to use as a backdrop for bike photos?
On a similar note, I don't have a garage, but have been recently(3 years ago) been given a set of garage doors to install in my barn. Unfortunately I don't have the gumption to install them any time soon. Would it be appropriate to set them up against a tree or some old posts just to use as a backdrop for bike photos?
10-15-09, 01:58 PM
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You don't need a garage door to take bike photo's, though it does help with the auto focus of modern cameras.
I take some in front of a fence in my yard:
And some in front of a bare wall:
I sometimes do the garage door thing as well:
I take some in front of a fence in my yard:
And some in front of a bare wall:
I sometimes do the garage door thing as well:
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I know what you mean. I don't have agarage door either and my employer made me move into a cheaper hotel so I don't even have that nice clapboard sided balcony any longer. guess I have to stop buying.
OH I forgot this was about you... I like the barndoor look of #3
OH I forgot this was about you... I like the barndoor look of #3
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LMAO! Remember you'll only see the bottom half of the door so 1 and 2 will look the same. I like 3, but the hinges won't look right in the pictures. Are we talking 1-car or 2-car garage?
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I like the simple charm of style 3.
On a similar note, I don't have a garage, but have been recently(3 years ago) been given a set of garage doors to install in my barn. Unfortunately I don't have the gumption to install them any time soon. Would it be appropriate to set them up against a tree or some old posts just to use as a backdrop for bike photos?
On a similar note, I don't have a garage, but have been recently(3 years ago) been given a set of garage doors to install in my barn. Unfortunately I don't have the gumption to install them any time soon. Would it be appropriate to set them up against a tree or some old posts just to use as a backdrop for bike photos?
10-15-09, 02:58 PM
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Oh wait, this isn't the SS/FG forum?
10-15-09, 02:59 PM
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I usually rate the garage door before the bike.If I do'nt like the door I do'nt care how nice your Merckx is ,I can't see it because of the door.
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It is a 2 car garage with two single doors side by side.
I am thinking of getting a different style for each door.
Style #3 for one door. I think it has a nostalgic Americana theme that will compliment photos of my 1950s american cruisers.
And Style #2 for the other door will compliment my 70s and 80s Italian bikes better.
I am thinking of getting a different style for each door.
Style #3 for one door. I think it has a nostalgic Americana theme that will compliment photos of my 1950s american cruisers.
And Style #2 for the other door will compliment my 70s and 80s Italian bikes better.
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Ferns or snow piles do just fine here in NH, depending on the season.
BTW, both bikes are nearly in the same spot.
BTW, both bikes are nearly in the same spot.
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I like #3 but stark white is not the best back ground color for bike or any photos if you ask me. Unless you are shooting in black and white.
Add some color!
Add some color!
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you should choose an 18% gray to set off the colors of your bike.
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10-16-09, 06:52 PM
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#3 in a non-reflective cream color--only natural daylight for the photos IMO.
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#3 is the most classic and tasteful look IMO.
But I prefer to pose my bikes in front of a brick wall or a picturesque wooden fence with vines growing over it. White garage doors seem to wash them out.
But I prefer to pose my bikes in front of a brick wall or a picturesque wooden fence with vines growing over it. White garage doors seem to wash them out.
10-16-09, 08:10 PM
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#3 is the nicest of the choices, but i would consider how it goes with my house and garage over how it works as a backdrop for a bike. ye olde wrought iron hardware can be nice on a colonial structure, but not on a modern building.
i like backdrops that don't have a lot of contrasting colors, which can take the focus away from the bike (picket fences have a lot of contrast). but i like backgrounds with enough subtle variegation to provide some interest and depth-- brick wall, as veloria mentioned, stucco wall, stone wall, wood privacy fence or wall, sand dune, etc. i've seen pics of bikes in beautiful natural settings that work fine, but i have absolutely no photography skills, and every time i try photographing a bike in a natural setting, the bike gets lost.
i like backdrops that don't have a lot of contrasting colors, which can take the focus away from the bike (picket fences have a lot of contrast). but i like backgrounds with enough subtle variegation to provide some interest and depth-- brick wall, as veloria mentioned, stucco wall, stone wall, wood privacy fence or wall, sand dune, etc. i've seen pics of bikes in beautiful natural settings that work fine, but i have absolutely no photography skills, and every time i try photographing a bike in a natural setting, the bike gets lost.
10-16-09, 08:12 PM
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sorry, double post. damned dialup at my summer house! 
mods feel free to delete.
mods feel free to delete.
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10-17-09, 09:46 AM
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#3 is the nicest of the choices, but i would consider how it goes with my house and garage over how it works as a backdrop for a bike. ye olde wrought iron hardware can be nice on a colonial structure, but not on a modern building.
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I always take mine in the green grass of the yard, since I'm a carport man.
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